1.8 Million Awarded to Plaintiffs in Kimkins Class Action Lawsuit
From the desk of our Lawyer:
Today, October 29, 2010, Judge Rick Brown of the Riverside County Superior Court entered a verdict for the plaintiffs in a certified national class action lawsuit. The court entered a verdict against Heidi Diaz the owner of the diet website Kimkins.com for fraud and false advertising. The court awarded the class members restitution in the amount of $1,824,210.39. The court also awarded an additional $500,000 in punitive damages as well as attorney fees. The court then issued a temporary restraining order to freeze all of the assets of Ms. Diaz.
Most notably, the court also imposed an injunction requiring Heidi Diaz to post on all of her websites that: (1) she lied about her weight loss; (2) she lied about her after diet pictures; (3) she lied about testimonials on her website; and (4) she lied about the photographs used with the testimonials to promote the Kimkins website.
An injunction was also issued to prevent Heidi Diaz from contracting, harassing or cyberbulling the plaintiffs and the witnesses. A formal judgment will be entered before November 19, 2010.
The original complaint was filed over three years ago on October 15, 2007. I want to thank everyone who supported the class action lawsuit. The Ducks were wonderful. I met a lot of great people and made a lot of new friends fighting for a good cause. Heidi Diaz lied on her website and made the fatal mistake of lying in the courtroom. You cannot trust Heidi Diaz. I anticipate more legal (illegal) maneuvering by Heidi Diaz to evade the judgment. We will be prepared and I will be relentless. Again, I thank all you.
John E. Tiedt
TIEDT & HURD
Let the champagne popping begin!
Thank you all my readers for your support.
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Proposed Notice of Pendency of Class Action – Kimkins
This is NOT an official notice regarding Kimkins. This notice is proposed to the court by plaintiffs’ counsel June 26, 2009. If you choose to duplicate this notice on any blog or website, this notice MUST be included.
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The following is a list of websites using ads directly attached to the Kimkins.com website.
Mariasol has shown if you remove the ad from the source, it will not appear any longer on these sites.
This may not be a complete list, but these are some I have found.
http://www.signsbythebay.com/
http://www.kimkins-diet.info/what-is-the-kimkins-plan/kimkins-meal-plans.php
http://justlindab.blogspot.com/
http://www.biz4wahms.com/
http://www.signsbythebay.com/pages/ColorChoices.php
http://for-the-life-of-me.blogspot.com/
http://clues.rentrooms4cash.com/forgot.php
http://clues.rentrooms4cash.com/login.php
http://clues.rentrooms4cash.com/piPrimer.php
http://clues.rentrooms4cash.com/SignMeUp.php
http://clues.rentrooms4cash.com/expenses.php
http://www.robinsraggamuffins.com/services.html
http://www.signsbythebay.com/weblinks.php?page=1
http://justlindab.blogspot.com/2007_07_01_archive.html
http://www.crittersnackz.com/store/WSshowlinks.asp
http://www.freewebs.com/wahresourcecenter/opportunities.htm
http://www.kimkins-diet.info/
http://www.kimkins-diet.info/what-is-the-kimkins-plan/kimkins.php
http://www.kimkins-diet.info/what-is-the-kimkins-plan/kimkins-diet-induction.php
http://www.kimkins-diet.info/what-is-the-kimkins-plan/kimkins-diet-plan.php
http://www.kimkins-diet.info/what-is-the-kimkins-plan/recipes-for-kimkins-diet.php
http://www.kimkins-diet.info/what-is-the-kimkins-plan/kimkins-weight-loss-blog.php
http://www.kimkins-diet.info/what-is-the-kimkins-plan/index.html
http://www.biz4wahms.com/Pets.html
http://www.biz4wahms.com/Texas.html
http://www.biz4wahms.com/Top_100.html
http://www.biz4wahms.com/Shaklee.html
http://www.biz4wahms.com/Articles.html
http://www.biz4wahms.com/Resources.html
http://www.biz4wahms.com/Contact_Us.html
http://www.biz4wahms.com/Plug_Board.html
http://www.biz4wahms.com/Advertising.html
http://www.biz4wahms.com/Link_Partners.html
http://www.biz4wahms.com/Link_Partners.html
http://www.biz4wahms.com/Search_by_State.html
http://www.biz4wahms.com/Website_resources.html
http://www.biz4wahms.com/Search_by_Company.html
http://www.biz4wahms.com/Support_WAHM_Shops.html
http://www.wahresourcecenter.com/opportunities.htm
http://clues.rentrooms4cash.com/sitemap.php
http://www.crittersnackz.com/store/link/showlinks.asp?pageno=1
http://www.kimkins-diet.info/what-is-the-kimkins-plan/easy-kimkins-directions.php
http://www.biz4wahms.com/Avon.html
Some of these sites may appear repetitive, but the ads run on multiple pages on these.
How do I know these are hosted on Kimkins? Well, it is quite easy once you know the address of the file – look at this video:
So, once you get that address, you can submit it to something to check the backlinks – like backlinkwatch.
Then, when the backlinks appear, click on them to see what sites they originate from. What is really cool after that is hovering over the ad. You will clearly see an affiliate ID attached to the ad.
My results above were only from looking up the backlinks to just one image.
Some of these sites are hosted outside of the US, but if you remove the source image, they will disappear.
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I’m having a weird deja vu as I write this.
Anyway, I just wanted to be clear here – I am not in the lawsuit against Kimkins for any money. I have seen that you think there are 2 sides to every story, and you see yourself as a success.
I’d like to refer you to a post I have buried somewhere on the Kimkins site. I’d like you to go to search the site, and look for a post called “50 lost, 50 gained” – and I believe it is some where in the success stories.
50 lost was my pounds at the time obviously, and 50 gained referred to things that I could do with that weight off and how I too had the perspective of a success story. People actually printed up my post and put it on their refridgerators.
If my enthusiasm of the plan at the time does not get to you in that post, or anyone else for that matter, then I just don’t know what will.
So, how did I become so bitter? How can I go from such feelings of control and success to wanting to bring down (to light actually) the very thing I though was helping me?
I gotta tell you Dee, things are not as clear cut as you are seeing them.
Heidi did not offer up the information we got from her. Her apology is not real.
No one wants to deny you the success of your weight loss. But we are concerned as some of us now know some additional truths. Any attempts to communicate inside the kimpound are to find those who may still not realize the full truth of this diet and what it can do to ones body.
No one is saying you are not smart enough to up your supplements and exercise. And just so you know – I take full responsibility for everything I did to myself – and I did exercise – and I did up my own supplements. But when all was said and done it wasn’t enough.
I never posted a negative word on the Kimkins site – and I was banned. Never one bad thing. Why?
This particular lawsuit is only about fraud. And yes, there are many other injustices in the world we could go after. And when they concern fraud which ultimately affects ones health you will find those causes do rise to the top of the list. It wouldn’t even be so much if Heidi did just gain some weight back. The problem here is someone who has no proof what so ever that they lost weight. The problem is someone who claimed they had maintained for 5 years after losing this way – giving the illusion that it is okay. There was no loss or maintenance.
If you are not seeing references to things like laxatives that is because they have been swept under the carpet. Just because you didn’t see them doesn’t mean they aren’t there. I’m sure when this is over you will see lots of things you didn’t before.
There are two sides – and I hope you take some more time to see what really is on the other side.
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